Thursday, September 30, 2010

Prehistory (the time before writing)


As we learn about the foundation of humans and human civilization, Africa. We need to understand an important term that describes history. That term is prehistory.

pre·his·to·ry

[pree-his-tuh-ree, -his-tree]–noun, plural -ries.1. human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.; history of prehistoric humans.



Go to Oldest Art: The Top 50, a list of earliest prehistoric artworks: oldest petroglyphs, first carvings & sculpture, earliest stone age cave paintings: From 290,000 BCE. From there choose any of the art pieces. Art from any time period can tell us important information about society but these pieces are especially important because they are from prehistory. (There was no writing to tell us about what life was like.)

Report in you blog using the Five Ws (who, what, when, where, why) on your historical art piece. Use complete sentences to create this mini-report. Try for around 200-250 words. Make sure to include an introduction and conclusion. (Use the inspector in pages to word count. I'll help if you cannot find it). If you finish early call me over so I can check your work.

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